On April 15, 2008, the City Forum of Student Self-Government Bodies "Student Spring-2008" was held in Lutsk for the first time. The forum was held on the initiative of the Volyn Regional Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" with the support of the Democracy Assistance Fund of the US Embassy in Ukraine and the Family and Youth Department of the Lutsk City Council. The forum was intended to help consolidate the active student community of the city of Lutsk, with the aim of influencing decision-making both in their own educational institutions and in the region as a whole, as well as to pass on positive activity experience and establish partnership relations between various student organizations of Volyn and other regions of Ukraine. Students representing student self-government bodies and student trade unions of most higher educational institutions of Lutsk took part in the event: Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk National Technical University, Volyn Institute of Economics and Management, Lutsk Humanitarian University, Lutsk Biotechnical Institute, Volyn State School of Culture and Arts, Lutsk Pedagogical College, Lutsk Basic Medical College, Volyn Technical College of the National University of Food Technologies, Volyn State College of Technology and Business, Lutsk Center for Vocational and Technical Education. Representatives of student self-government from other regions of Ukraine also visited Lutsk, in particular from Lviv, Rivne, Ostroh, and Khmelnytskyi. Also during the Forum, representatives of public organizations working with students expressed their vision of the activities of student organizations in higher educational institutions of Ukraine. In particular, Yevhen Omelchuk and Halyna Danylenko spoke on behalf of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine in the Volyn region, Tetiana Yatskiv on behalf of the Committee for Support of Student Self-Government, Anatolii Ihnatovych on behalf of the Ukrainian Association of Student Self-Government, and Kateryna Maryniak on behalf of the International Public Organization "Foundation of Regional Initiatives." During the work of the Forum, the most actively discussed issues were how student youth can be consolidated and which problems student self-government bodies and student trade unions should focus attention on during their work. Support was found for the thesis that one should actively cooperate with various youth public organizations and not limit one's activities only to the boundaries of educational institutions. Much attention was paid to issues of legislative regulation of student self-government activities and new ways of attracting financial resources for the implementation of student events and projects. Based on the results of the Forum, a resolution was developed containing proposals to state authorities, local self-government, and administrations of higher educational institutions, the consideration of which will help improve the situation of active student youth.